Monday, December 23, 2013

Hello everyone and welcome to
Chapter 5 of the Black Spiral Campaign.I would like to thank everyone for the 62 submissions we received which
has triggered this final plot development.The Campaign itself has received 226 total submissions and I would like
to thank every player that contributed to the campaign.The results will be read over the Deployment
Zone Podcast in January of 2014 along with the raffle winners.Thank you again for playing and enjoy the
final chapter!

[[Transmission Initiated]]

[[Inquisitorial Servitor Drone Sigma- One One Four Two]]

[[Location: Aboard the Space Hulk determined to be the
Eldar Craftworld of Alcazzara]]

[Inquisitor Alexius
Morgenson] – You dispatched a Vindicare without consulting the
Council?You have passed judgment on one
of our fellow Inquisitors without even the benefit of a trial?You have gone too far this time Gerin, too
far!

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – Alexius, Leviticus has already passed beyond the realm of reasonable
justification for his actions.He has
launched attacks on Imperial sites as
well as Xenos sites to claim the arcaneotech.He just authorized the virus bombing of a planet without…

[Inquisitor Alexius
Morgenson] – A Xenos planet...

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – A planet, none the less without sanction of this Council.He has also engaged in a space battle with
members of the Thelandira craftworld.I
have had to dispatch Astares to the region to discourage all-out war with the
Eldar craftworld.

[Inquisitor Dregor
Thane] – I am aware that the Eldar are concerned about Leviticus obtaining
this arcaenotech but do any of us actually think he will be able to make it
work?Are we perhaps over-reacting to
the thought of a threat rather than an actual concern?

[Inquisitor
Alexius Morgenson] – Why do you say that Gerin?What have you not told us?

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – The Farseer of the Craftworld Thelandira contacted me; he said
that this is not the first time that the Black Spiral has been discovered.A piece of the Black Spiral was discovered
shortly after the Horus Heresy by the Enemy…If not for the timely intervention by the Ulthwe` Craftworld and their
theft of the artifact then I fear the forces of the Great Enemy would have had
the Black Spiral millennia ago.And while
their theft was a success, it was not before the enemy had learned some of the
technology involved in designing the weapon.

[Inquisitor
Alexius Morgensen] – How come we have never encountered this technology
before then if the Enemy possesses it?

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – Oh but we have before, many times.The Planet Killer destroyed the worlds of
Macharia and Urthwart.

[Inquisitor
Alexius Morgensen] – You mean that the Black Spiral was originally found by…

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – Abaddon…

[Inquisitor Ilyana
Vort] – Are you saying that the Armageddon gun is based off the Black Spiral?

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – Yes, and you are all aware of the devastation that weapon can
bring.Imagine that weapon on a grander
scale and that is what we are facing if we do not stop Leviticus Hexx and
quickly.We can not risk Abaddon learning
of the weapon being sighted again or even worse finding Leviticus before we do.

[Inquisitor Dregor
Thane] – So that is why you dispatched the Vindicare so quickly.

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – Yes and had the Eldar been more forthcoming with their
information, I would have dispatched resources to prevent this from happening
long ago.I can only hope I acted in
time.

[[Recording Ended]]

[[Aboard the
Ulthwe` Craftworld]]

Warseer Corin Tahl’Veras– The signs and portents have foretold of
this event Autarch.The Council has made
their decision.It is up to you to lead
our forces should this monkeigh take the wrong path.

Ranger-General
Sylvos Greystorm – I am aware Warseer but I will mobilize our forces and
enter the webway.

Warseer Corin
Tahl-Veras- The Seer Council shall join you in this endeavor Ranger-General.The Black Spiral can not be awakened
again.We shall attend you to ensure its
capture.

Warseer Corin
Tahl-Veras – Oh we shall be doing more than guiding, we intend to
fight!A vision of a Black Cross on a
white field looms heavily over this endeavor; I fear we may have another player
in the game.We must make haste but take
heed.

[[Sword-Brother Heinrich]]
– Marshal , we have verified the whereabouts of the Silent Retribution.It is
currently heading towards the Corinthe system within the Dominion of
Storms.You were right to set us on this
course.

[[Marshal Grayson
Maddox]] – Excellent, we will set a course to intercept.

[[Sword-Brother
Heinrich]] – Yes Marshall, at once.

[[Marshal Grayson
Maddox]] – You may come out of the shadows Assassin.I tolerate your presence on my ship but I
will not tolerate eavesdropping.I
assume that you heard we are on target to intercept the Inquisitor.Good.Until
then stay off my bridge unless summoned.Now be gone.

[[End Transmission]]

[[Transmission Initiated]]

[[Inquisitorial Servitor Drone Sigma- One One Four Two]]

[[Location: Aboard the Space Hulk determined to be the
Eldar Craftworld of Alcazzara]]

Leviticus Hexx
– What is the status Lieutenant?Have
the workers finished assembling the Black Spiral?

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
– Yes sir, they are putting the finishing touches as per your instructions as
we speak.The weapon will be ready to be
brought online soon sir.

Leviticus Hexx
– Excellent, you know Lieutenant we are on the cusp of the Imperium’s
salvation.This weapon will bring about
the supremacy of the Emperor’s light and peace throughout the galaxy.They very may elevate me to Sainthood you
know.Yes a saint indeed!Saint Leviticus!The Sword of the Emperor they may call me,
imagine a universe where Chaos does not exist and where man no longer has to
fear the dark.Where through divine
providence I shall bring abou…

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
– Sir?

Leviticus Hexx
– …salvation through the very words of the Emperor of Mankind himself.I shall deliver unto…

Lt. Aaron Maxwell- Sir, we have reports of multiple ships
entering the subsystem and heading this way.

Leviticus Hexx
– the salvation of mankind and ..what?How many ships you say?

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
– It appears to be an Imperial Strike Cruiser and 3 Destroyer Support Ships and
also what appears to be a Dragon Class Eldar Cruiser and 2 Nightshade Class
Destroyers coming from another sector.All of them are heading this way on what seems to be an intercept
course.

Leviticus Hexx
– No!Quickly, have the captain send a
contingent of soldiers here and then have him take the Silent Retribution and try to lure the ships away from the Space
Hulk so that we can continue to bring the Black Spiral online!Quickly now relay that message!

[[Transmission Interrupted]]

[[Transmission Restored]]

[[Inquisitorial Servitor Drone Sigma- One One Four Two]]

[[Pictrecorder Activated]]

Lt. Aaron Maxwell –
Sir the Silent Retribution was
able to lure the ships away.

Leviticus Hexx – Then
bring the weapon online!

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
- Sir!The units deployed around the
perimeter are reporting drop pod touch downs and spatial anomalies all over the
area.

Leviticus Hexx
– Tell them to marshal their forces and prepare for assault.We must get this weapon online!

[[Transmission Interrupted]]

[[Transmission Restored]]

[[Inquisitorial Servitor Drone Sigma- One One Four Two]]

[[Pictrecorder Activated]]

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
– Sir the weapon is ready to be fired.But
we are hearing weird reports of attacks all over the ship.

Leviticus Hexx
– Target the Dragon Class Eldar ship and hurry!

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
– Sir the Eldar ship has been targeted.

[Farseer Gilleath]
– Inquisitor, please do not pursue this
course of action.Do not activate the
weapon.

Leviticus Hexx
– Get out of my head witch!

Lt. Aaron Maxwell – Sir?

[Farseer Gilleath]
– Please Leviticus, do not jeopardize
everyone by pursuing this path of madness.The weapon is unstable.You did not
assemble it correctly. You have already murdered one world please do not include the galaxy in your quest of madness.You are opening
rifts to the warp all over the ship.If you do not stop…

Leviticus Hexx –
Begone from my mind witch!I will not be
swayed by your twisted lies and honeyed words.You are in league with the Great Enemy!You seek to steal the weapon for yourselves!I will save the Imperium!I will save everyone!

[Farseer Gilleath]
– I’m so sorry Leviticus, I wish this
could have ended differently.

Leviticus Hexx
– No, I shall fire the weapon. Move over Lieutenant, the salvation of the
Imperium begins…

Lt. Aaron Maxwell
– Sir!Inquisitor!Silent Retribution this is Lt. Aaron
Maxwell.The Inquisitor is down; I
repeat the Inquisitor is down!We need a
medic down here. We…

[Transmission Interrupted]

[Vindicare Assassin]–
Assassin to Marshal Maddox.The target
has been neutralized.I repeat.The target has been neutralized.

Servitor Program – Ios V872.113 Alpha

[[Inquisitorial Conclave Concordance – Calixian Conclave]]

[[Facial Recognition Program Engaged…]]

[[Facial Recognition Program Executed.]]

[[Initiated Vox-recorder]]

[Inquisitor Dregor
Thane] – The Vindicare Assassin reports that the once he had assassinated
former Inquisitor Leviticus Hexx that a large portal opened up next to the
Black Spiral weapon and dozens of Eldar wearing Black and Bone colored uniforms
spilled out of it.They were accompanied
by several large Ogrun sized constructs that our records identify as
Wraithguard who carried the weapon through the portal.

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – And what of the Black Templars?How did our Astares fare?

[Inquisitor Dregor
Thane] – The Templars were assaulted by both Eldar bearing purple and red
uniforms which bear the markings of the Craftworld Thelandira and also Daemons
that were spilling forth from rifts and portals that were opening up all over
the Space Hulk.The daemonic incursions
became so numerous that the Eldar and Templars were forced to fight alongside
each other in a desperate alliance until the Eldar bearing what we now identify
as the Ulthwe` craftworld markings came to their aid.The three forces were able to fight off and
expel the daemonic incursions then both Eldar forces withdrew and disappeared
without a sound.

[Inquisitor Alexis
Morgensen] – And what of the Black Spiral?Did we recover any of it?

[Inquisitor Dregor
Thane] – It appears that the Eldar disappeared with all traces of the
artefact through the portal.

[Inquisitor Gerin
Osvalt] – That is unfortunate but at the same time it appears that our
immediate crisis has been averted.The
Eldar will more than likely hide that weapon away once again as they were none too
eager to have it operational in the first place.It also appears that we will need to launch
an investigation into what caused our Inquisitor to fall to madness but for now
let us move on to other matters.Next on
the agenda…

[[Transmission Ended]]

On behalf of the Deployment Zone Podcast and
my blog, we thank you for your participation in the Deployment Zone’s Black
Spiral Campaign.Due to the success of
this campaign where we fielded the results of over 200 games (226 games to be
exact), I will be running another 40k and Fantasy campaign in 2014.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

I have managed to finally assemble all six Mierce Miniatures "Bellowing Tarvax" and "Ckaarakk, Tarvax Untain". I was so pleased with myself because I had just finished assembling them and the weapons looked a little "off". So I took the Games Workshop Minotaur Greataxes and with careful cutting/pinning, replaced all the weapons. Their weapons are now a bit more sturdy, uniform and for some reason just fit the model better. I really like how the weapons tie the unit together.

Doombull /Chaos Ogre Champion

Standard Bearer

Minotaur #1

Minotaur #2

Minotaur #3

Minotaur #4

Group Shot Part Deux!

Broken weapons =( I hate that I couldn't salvage the Mierce Axe heads very well.

Next up! Casting resin bases for them and getting this unit painted up!

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Since the last blog post I've been able to actually work more on building my new minotaur/chaos ogre unit for my Beastmen/Warriors of Chaos armies. I was having tons of luck building until literally the very last model where I broke the axe reaching for another piece.

As you can see the Mierce Miniatures axe broke off right at the handle and again at the head of the axe when I started to pin it.

Now you can see in the upper left corner the thin rod of Strip Styrene I tried to use as a handle replacement but sadly it was too thick. So I took the Games Workshop Minotaur hand axe used for the Bloodkine and lopped off some of the handle and affixed it to the "new" Doombull's hands. It fit almost flush and I'm pleased with the minor conversion.

The Assembled unit. I will be casting bases for them after I am done painting them. I have not yet decided if I will be replacing all their weapons with the Games Workshop axes or not. While I like the variety of weapons the unit is wielding, I for some reason also have this desire for uniformity and the axes provide that.

Not to mention the weapons on these models are a little spindly. The Mierce Miniatures do an excellent job of casting, I just wish the resin was a tad bit harder and the weapon shafts a bit thicker. That would have resolved much of the issue I ran into when the axe broke.

Monday, December 9, 2013

As many of you know I have received my Mierce Miniatures order for the "Bellowing Tarvax" and "Ckaarakk, Tarvax Untain" models. I have begun building them so that hopefully my Warriors of Chaos army will be good to go before next year's OFCC (unless Wood Elves get a new book which case these get put to the side!).

Anyway here are some WIP's of the two I built:

I am still considering swapping out their weapons with the Games Workshop Minotaur Great Axes because their weapons seem kinda thin.
I'm not 100% sure as of yet however.